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Senior officials in Beijing have urged Tokyo to subscribe to a proper perception of China, appropriately control bilateral divergences and "remove obstacles and burdens" bothering Sino-Japanese ties.
Around two-thirds of Chinese respondents to a survey believe that China and Japan should "build a stronger new type of cooperative relationship" in order to promote peace and stability.
As officials from China and Japan achieved fresh consensus on maritime cooperation at their latest high-level talks, analysts said that building trust and the recent efforts made by the countries' leaders are helpful in terms of effectively managing differences.
The first in-person meeting between the leaders of China and Japan in three years shows the positive sign of development of bilateral ties, but the key to develop this relationship still depends on Japan's concrete implementation of consensuses reached between the two sides, observers said.